, 1887-12-13
THREE WISE MEN.
A Trio of Foolhardy individuals
Nearly Killed.
A Cowboy Defeated in a Race With
the Overland Flyer.
A Pair of Absent Minded Tramps
Badly Bruised.

Sunday morning when the Overland
Flyer was a few hundred yards east of
Granite Canyon, q cowboy riding a mag
~nificent horse dashed between the rails a
few feet ahead of the rapidly moving
train, and forcing his mount to the top of
its speed reached the station a few feet in
advance of the locomotive. Yesterday
morning he attempted the same feat, but
found the iron horse decidedly averse to
being tricked after the manner of the pro-
fesslonal Jockey. The cowboys horse
became frightened at the screeching of
the locomotive and refused to respond to
whip and spur.
The engineer and fireman of the Flyer
turned their heads as the locomotive
struck the foolhardy horseman after a
short chase.
The train was brought to a standstill so
soon as possible, and a score of frightened
men rushed to the rescue of the luckless
rider and unfortunate horse. They antic-
ipated viewing the mangled remains of
horse and man, but were astonished to
find the latter uninjured, he having mi
r%aculously escaped sustaining the slightest
wound. The neck of the horse was
broken and the poor animal expired i'm
mediately.
As the passenger train neared Colorado
Junction yesterday morning a yolley of
shrieks from the locomotive announced
that something or someone was infringing
upon its right of way. The passengers
gazed out the windows of the coaches and
observed a solitary tramp vending his
weary way westward. The man, though
afterwards discovered to be in possession
of all his mental faculties did not take
cognizance of the approach of the train.
1t is barely possible that he contemplated
suicide, though subsequently denying
the formation of such criminal iu-
t%entions against himself. However
that may be, the train Numbered
onward like a flying battery
of artillery, while the man, appar-
emily oblivious of his surroundings CON
tinued to plod toward the glorious west.
In the natural order of things the locomo-
tive overlook the pedestrian. The cow
catcher considerably tossed him into the
air as dynamite hoists heavy stones.
Mother earth duly received the flying fig
ure, he firmly ~alighting in the folds of her
dark brown dress. The train was soon
brought TO a standstill, the bruised: and
bleeding form taken aboard and conveyed
to the junction and from there to the
Laramie county hospital. Last evening
the man was resting easily. No bones
we're broken and he will be about in a
few days.
Another impecunious traveller, one of
those enemies ofsociety who are compelled
from necessity to travel afoot instead of
engaging berths in a sleeper, is the third
individual who collided with Union Pa
cifc rolling stock in the last lew
days. An ordinary hand car was the
engine of destruction which laid him low.
The accident occurred a few miles west Of
this city. 1t appears that the man stood
in front of the moving car and attempted
to board it. He fell and two wheels
passed over his ankles. No bones were
broken, but some time will elapse before
the victim is able to locomote without the
aid of crutches.
In hone of the above cases is any blame
attached to the company. None of the
injured men were employed by the Union
Pacific, and consequently were trcspassing
when hurt.